Visibility

Visibility

border delays

Trends, Visibility

Map provides real-time visibility of border delays

The ongoing spread of coronavirus is still having an impact on logistics. Governments are deciding to set up border patrols or even close their country’s borders, and such measures have a direct effect on the …

supply chain visibility

Trends, Visibility

How end-to-end supply chain visibility can reduce risks

Ampleon has used the Supply Chain Media assessment tool to gain better insight into its focus areas relating to supply chain visibility. That fact emerged during an online discussion of end-to-end supply chain visibility held …

supply chain leader

Planning, Trends, Visibility

Will the real supply chain leader please stand up!

The coronavirus has turned the world upside down and will continue to have a major impact on people’s personal and working lives for the foreseeable future. Some are even claiming that coronavirus is a game …

smart supply chain

Planning, Trends, Visibility

Faster smart supply chain investment needed

Over three quarters of all companies lack the skills and capabilities to further digitalize their supply chains. As a result, they risk missing out on major benefits, such as better alignment with customer demand, significant …

blockchain

Books, Visibility

Presenting blockchain as the long-awaited turning point in supply chain management

In the recently published book called Integrating blockchain into supply chain management, the phenomenon of blockchain is skilfully stripped of its vague and abstract outer layer. The four authors explain in no uncertain terms how …

blockchain

Trends, Visibility

The Statement: A quarter of all OEMs will use blockchain to source spare parts

Blockchain is once again attracting a great deal of interest from supply chain professionals, despite – or perhaps because of – the coronavirus crisis. In May 2020, 122 supply chain directors and managers took part …

blockchain

Books, Visibility

How can blockchain be rescued from the trough of disillusionment?

Blockchain – which is widely regarded as the biggest revolution since the emergence of the internet – is currently in a dip, or the ‘trough of disillusionment’ as research and analysis firm Gartner calls it. …

software

Planning, Software, Trends, Visibility

SCM survey: Software for end-to-end visibility in great demand

Over the next 12 months, European supply chain software implementations will be mainly focused on sales & operations planning (S&OP) and end-to-end supply chain visibility. The plans to invest in a particular type of supply …

Nina Anttila

Trends, Visibility

Nina Anttila, Fiskars: “We clearly see the value of a global overview any one point in time”

The chaos caused by the coronavirus is testing new bounds and is forcing companies to adapt and innovate. Not all will survive. The culture of a company could have a large impact on its resilience …

pharmaceutical industry

Content, Reports, Software, Visibility

Even the pharmaceutical industry can no longer escape cost pressure

For many years, the pharmaceutical industry has not had to worry about supply chain efficiency thanks to sky-high margins. That period is now over, concludes consultancy firm Miebach on the basis of its ‘Pharma and …

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